Reliability and Quality Engineer

Reliability and Quality Engineer

Start Date: 2009-02-01End Date: 2011-09-01

Performed environmental testing per military and commercial standards on commercial and military avionics and hybrid power drive systems. ➢ Wrote Labview programs to control and record complex thermal, power, and vibration control systems. ➢ Developed Access databases for data extraction and logging functions. ➢ Wrote test procedures and reports documenting test methods and results.

Eight years as a quick learning and motivated Engineer who has a strong work ethic and who consistently achieves goals. Proven experience in Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Test Equipment and Project Management. Worked broadly across multiple fields and platforms as well as worked in-depth in one field when needed. Enjoy mentoring and helping others.

Timestamp: 2015-12-24

To obtain a full time position in the field of Engineering Management, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Test Equipment Engineering that will best utilize my skills and abilities.CLEARANCE Department of Defense (DoD) Security Clearance: Secret (Active through […]

Participant of the Engineering Leadership Development Program

Start Date: 2007-07-01End Date: 2010-08-01

• Designed, tested and integrated communication equipment for the 'Joint Light Tactical Vehicle' (JLTV) suite of vehicles. • Built and Integrated test transit cases for the Bradley Command Vehicle. • Developed an internal database management system to enable a cross-functional data and tool infrastructure for engineers, managers, finance and business development personnel.

Quality Control Inspector

Start Date: 2013-01-01End Date: 2014-01-01

Performed quality control checks on complete systems, to include hydraulic systems, electrical systems, pneumatic systems, electrical systems and software systems. • Installed new and updated software to systems when required. • Repaired equipment when needed, to include but not limited to repairing diesel engines and their components, repairing cables that conduct electrical, video and analog signals, repairing track on heavy equipment, repairing suspension on said equipment. • Maintained and serviced equipment that included performing lubrication, cleaning and replacing parts when required to do so, performing scheduled oil and filter changes in accordance with the lubrication orders. • Prepared and issued reports and paperwork pertaining to daily maintenance work.

Turret Mechanic

Start Date: 2011-01-01End Date: 2013-01-01

Repaired and replaced suspension, drivetrain, cooling systems, fuel systems. Used TM's and ETM's to troubleshoot and test for functionality and responsivenes of systems. • Performed services on track vehicles to include the M113 Family, the M109 Paladin Family, the M88 Hercules and M2 series recovery vehicles, the M1 Abrams Family, and the M2A3 Bradley vehicles • Troubleshot, repaired and replaced electrical systems including starting and charging systems, LRU faults that include hull faults and turret faults. • Performed quality control checks at the 10 and 20 level for all Bradley Vehicles on contract • Prepared Bradley Vehicles for railhead by inspecting and correcting deficiencies, repairing, and replacing parts, and assuring that all vehicles were a zero leaks • Split pacs, replaced transmission, replaced engines, performed rack adjustments, injector adjustments • Troubleshot and repaired hydraulic systems • Received, inspected and in processed returning vehicles from BUSK Modifications Serviced turrets in Bradley Vehicles, ordered all necessary parts to include special TM's and MWO's

Military Vehicle Mechanic

Start Date: 2005-01-01End Date: 2009-01-01

Experience with the Track Program at 4 BCT on the LBE • Performing services and repairing and replacing parts on track vehicle personnel troop carriers M113, Bradley Fighting Vehicles M2, M2A2, M3 and Howitzers M109 • Performing Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services on heavy wheeled vehicles. • These vehicles include Palletized Loading System vehicles to include the trailer system and all series of 5 tons • Responsibilities included but were not limited to; performing scheduled oil changes, lubing vehicles in accordance with the lube order, replacing and installing unserviceable parts, troubleshooting and diagnosing electrical, mechanical and hydraulic systems • Performing diagnostics to vehicles with CTIS systems • Involved in installing up-armor on HMMWV and MTV • Installation of AC systems and reinforcement procedures for these vehicles. • Servicing the battalions flat-track Forward Repair Systems • Performing services and repairing and replacing parts on all HMMWV series vehicles, all 5 ton series vehicles and all HEMMTT series vehicles.

Material Handler

Start Date: 1995-01-01End Date: 1998-01-01

Distributed incoming freight to designated areas on the production floor • Responsible for collecting and distributing necessary supplies to workers and other material handlers • In charge of providing timely and accurate counts of incoming material, as well as maintaining the conveyor system in good working condition. • Involved in developing a new distribution system that comprised of barcodes and scanners. • Due to my assistance in this installation, productivity increased and paperwork decreased for shipping.

Acting Program Manager

Acting Program Manager

Start Date: 2010-01-01End Date: 2014-01-01

Responsible for managing all facets of a $200M CPFF System of Systems Integration (SoSI) contract • Significantly improved the Contractor Assessment Performance Report (CPAR) ratings in two years ❖ 2011 Ratings (before tenure): Two areas with a "Satisfactory" rating, two "Very Good", and two "Exceptional"

Program Management Office Lead/Senior Project Manager

Start Date: 2013-01-01End Date: 2013-01-01

Five areas with an "Exceptional" rating and one "Very Good" • Increased program Return on Sales from 4.57% in 2011 to 5.76% in 2013 on the Fixed Fee contract • Reduced program Cost of Poor Quality from 53.4% of earnings in 2011 to 2.9% of earnings in 2013 • Directed the implementation, training, and rollout of Earned Value for the entire program Program Management Office Lead/Senior Project Manager • Assisted the Program Management Authority in "standing up" the newly formed Program Management Office (PMO) • Supervised eight project managers working across various contracts, developed processes and training, and created consistent "best practice" across the PMO Project Manager II • Managed several multimillion dollar C4ISR projects - all projects completed under budget and ahead of schedule ❖ Managed an $8M 312 Rack Data Center passive infrastructure installation - the results were published in The Data Center Journal: http://www.datacenterjournal.com/facilities/dod-data-center-project-beating-schedule-and-budget-requirements/

HRDC, Camp Baston Afghanistan Supervisor

Mason Dixon Sand & Gravel

Start Date: 2006-06-01End Date: 2007-03-01

United States Supervisor: Mr. Don Clay […] Contact: Yes Served as a Heavy Wheeled and Utility Equipment Mechanic, Responsible to perform a variety of activities designed to service, repair and maintain pieces of heavy equipments which were utilized to support operation of open mining. Direct duties were Performing PMCS, scheduled and unscheduled repairs on loaders, scrapers and dozers and other automotive maintenance on all other equipment. The work is performed through the application of a body of knowledge and specific certifications that denote expertise in heavy equipment maintenance.

Senior Engineer

Start Date: 2001-08-01End Date: 2002-07-01

Design thee phase ground fault interrupter to be used by the fire departments. Involving power electronics, heat sensors and motor controller. I produced the Schematic drawings board layouts heat sensors and motor controller.

Helper

Welder Helper

Start Date: 2011-10-01End Date: 2011-11-01

A welder helper provides the tools and set up on a daily schedule. As I did on either sides of the ship. Portside or starbid side. Used a variety of hand tools and equipement. Torches, grinders in a high reach lift. Providing osha regulations use of harnesses, firewatcher, I also was a Tank watch. At BAE it was a buddy system.

Interim Development Manager

Start Date: 2014-02-01End Date: 2014-06-01

• Solicit funds from corporations using analytic forecasting and revenue moves management, leading to sponsor relationship retention, an increased presence in community and exceeding in soliciting largest annual fundraiser goal • Planned, analyzed and managed fundraising/event budget resulting in thousands of dollars in revenue • Developed event strategies and budget while working and communicating with team of board members to implement, resulting in exceeding revenue goals for business

Development Manager

Start Date: 2012-06-01End Date: 2013-06-01

• Built, maintained and analyzed business donor database from scratch using Blackbaud software, streamlining the internal business data documentation system and reporting process • Identified, developed and managed fundraising and developmental goals and created and maintained donor relations, resulting in soliciting over […] and providing numerous health resources for local girls and women • Scheduled, planned and oversaw fundraising events including annual luncheon with over 300 prominent community members, 20 local merchants and many philanthropists and raised over […]

Project Quality Engineer

Timestamp: 2015-12-24

High attention to detail with the ability to multi-task under deadlines. Supervision/project management of up to seventy-five direct reports during multiple projects. Strong educational background in business which supports modern management theories and practices. Exceptional communication, problem solving, organizational, and continual improvement skills based on lean concepts and discipline.

Sr. Lead Programmer/Analyst

Start Date: 1996-02-01End Date: 2011-11-01

Employed, as an applications Developer, by BAE Systems Information Technology and its predecessor companies, on the Bureau of Labor Statistics contract. Converted the Production Schedule from an Excel spreadsheet template to a template using Microsoft Propjet 2007. Also had input to the Project Plans for: 1) the Sybase 15 upgrade testing and 2) the Early 2009/1 processing tasks. Mentored a new contractor, leading her through the conversions of mainframe output files to SAS datasets. Was a participant in the gathering requirements for the conversion of the forced matched system in the Continuous Units Process. This has included attending walkthroughs of the SAS code. Has written UNIX Scripts to use File Transfer Protocols (FTP) written to any storage medium at Sungard. Responded to help desk requests and or problems. This include adding and removing users to the Web based tables. Gathered and analyzed the requirements for a number of Special Request Extracts System. These Special Requests used UNIX scripts to collect the parameters, submit ISQL statements to run batch jobs in the back ground against a SYBASE DB using Store Procedures. Depending on the Extract had to include either Bulk Copy (BCP) or FTP to other platforms and servers. Wrote the UNIX scripts and the SYBASE stored procedures. Converted the above Extract Systems from SYBASE stored procedures to SAS. Moved the ISPF Correction System from the National Institute of Health (NIH) mainframe to the Sungard mainframe. This task required the knowledge and use of TSO, ISPF clists, skeleton JCL, and ISPF panels. Modified, tested and placed into production an undocumented non-structured mainframe system, transferred from another division. Wrote data dictionary entries and documented the data flow. Also modified the PL/I code and JCL stream to a more structured and modular system. Has maintained the changes to the MSA Codes tables as the changes were published. As a Server Administrator, has applied security patches to the Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 servers. She has assisted in moving the server from a Windows NT server to a Windows 2000 server, then to a Windows 2003 server. Assisted in testing the web system from the SYBASE DBMS to ORACLE. This included converting SYBASE SQL to ORACLE SQL and testing the code changes. Code converting included the stored procedure to add users, modify the user password field and the user login time.

Supervisor

Start Date: 1993-01-01End Date: 1994-01-01

Responsible for all training of employees, scheduling, and evaluations of 11 stores. • Operated all floor equipment; automatic scrubbers, propane and electric buffers, and all floor stripping procedures.